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‘Terrorist incident’: Woman gunned down during riot in Derry, Northern Ireland (VIDEOS) ‘Terrorist incident’: Woman gunned down during riot in Derry, Northern Ireland (VIDEOS)
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A woman has been killed in clashes between dissident Nationalists and security forces in Northern Ireland. The suspected ‘terrorist incident’ occurred hours after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi toured Derry on a goodwill visit. A woman has been killed in clashes between dissident nationalists and security forces in Northern Ireland. The suspected ‘terrorist incident’ occurred hours after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi toured Derry on a goodwill visit.
Rioting in Derry (also Londonderry) has turned parts of the city into a war zone on Thursday night, with Molotov cocktails and various other objects being thrown at police by masked protesters. Police said a 29-year-old woman was killed after shots were fired in the Creggan area of the city. Rioting in Derry (also known as Londonderry) turned parts of the city into a war zone on Thursday night, with Molotov cocktails and various other objects being thrown at police by masked protesters. Police said a 29-year-old woman was killed after shots were fired in the Creggan area of the city.
“We are treating this as a terrorist incident and we have launched a murder inquiry,” assistant chief constable Mark Hamilton, from the Police Service of Northern Ireland, said. “We are treating this as a terrorist incident and we have launched a murder inquiry,” said Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).
The clashes with the dissident Republicans came following a major security operation in the city which took place just days before nationalists in Ireland mark the 1916 Easter Rising – the historic rebellion that led to the end of British rule in most of Ireland. The clashes with dissident Republicans followed a major security operation in the city which took place just days before nationalists in Ireland mark the 1916 Easter Rising – the historic rebellion that led to the end of British rule in most of Ireland.
The deadly riot also occurred just hours after US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi symbolically crossed Derry’s Peace Bridge and spoke of America’s support of the Good Friday Agreement, which has brought sustained peace to the turbulent British-controlled region. The deadly riot also occurred just hours after US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi symbolically crossed Derry’s Peace Bridge and spoke of America’s support for the Good Friday Agreement, which has brought sustained peace to the turbulent British-controlled region.
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